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Novel thermally-stable COVID-19 vaccine capsule developed
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
March 20, 2020
Developers have announced that they are ready to manufacture and formulate an innovative novel coronavirus vaccine capsule.
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EMA issues statement on ibuprofen reports relating to COVID-19
europeanpharmaceuticalreview
March 20, 2020
The EMA has announced that reports of NSAIDs like ibuprofen making the COVID-19 coronavirus worse have no scientific basis.
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USP Offers Support for COVID-19 Antiviral/Vax Developers
contractpharma
March 20, 2020
Aims to help developers ensure quality of their materials as they scale up manufacturing to bring products into clinical development.
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U.S. HHS Seeks Stakeholder COVID-19 Countermeasures
contractpharma
March 20, 2020
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services is providing a portal for the COVID-19 medical countermeasures task force ...
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Industrial Layout Analysis of the New Candidate Drug Against COVID-19: Sivelestat Sodium
PharmaSources/Zhulikou431
March 20, 2020
The NMPA has so far urgently approved the clinical trials of 5 products against the COVID-19 to better prevent and control it, including sivelestat sodium hydrate, favipiravir, remdesivir, and BDB-001 injection, etc.
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Emergent BioSolutions and Vaxart partner on oral coronavirus vaccine
pharmaceutical-technology
March 20, 2020
Emergent BioSolutions has agreed to provide molecule-to-market contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) services for Vaxart’s oral vaccine candidate against Covid-19 coronavirus infection.
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Roche to start Phase III trial of Actemra in Covid-19 patients
pharmaceutical-technology
March 20, 2020
Roche has collaborated with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct a Phase III clinical trial of Actemra/RoActemra (tocilizumab) in hospitalised adults with severe Covid-19 pneumonia.
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Roivant, Mateon to develop Covid-19 drug candidates
pharmaceutical-technology
March 20, 2020
Roivant Sciences is in discussion with the US, Europe and Asian regulators to develop gimsilumab for treating acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by Covid-19.
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CanSinoBIO, Synairgen get regulatory approval for Covid-19 trials
pharmaceutical-technology
March 20, 2020
China-based CanSino Biologics has received regulatory approval to conduct Phase I clinical trial of recombinant novel coronavirus vaccine (adenovirus type 5 vector) candidate.
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AbbVie’s HIV drug combo shows no benefit in Covid-19 trial
pharmaceutical-technology
March 20, 2020
A clinical trial in Covid-19 patients in China has yielded no therapeutic benefits with AbbVie’s HIV drug combination of lopinavir and ritonavir, marketed as Kaletra.